A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.
Christopher Hitchens
Question
Was it really a war of religion, or a reason for Iraq to claim more territory?
The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1990
•A Shiite revolution takes place in Iran and the Shah was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini
•This concerned the Sunni leader, Saddam Hussein in Iraq (thinks it will come to his country)
•Khomeini was very anti-American so they supported Iraq
•War breaks out in fear that the revolution would spread to Iraq (really a war of religion although they both claimed territory of each others)
•UN gets involved in 1988 and a formal treaty is signed with no gains in 1990
•This concerned the Sunni leader, Saddam Hussein in Iraq (thinks it will come to his country)
•Khomeini was very anti-American so they supported Iraq
•War breaks out in fear that the revolution would spread to Iraq (really a war of religion although they both claimed territory of each others)
•UN gets involved in 1988 and a formal treaty is signed with no gains in 1990
Summary
Shah was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. Saddam Hussein in Iraq was afraid that he might get replaced. A war broke out in fear that revolution might come to Iraq.